I heard that cats don’t like to drink water that’s kept near their food. Maybe that’s it?
Most things are about the smell for cats. If they don’t like the water somewhere it means there’s a smell around that drives them away. Old food will do it, but it doesn’t need to be a smell that humans would even detect. It could just be pheromones.
One of ours has taken an interest in my glass of whiskey a few times. The last thing we need is for that cat to be drunk. He’s enough trouble sober.
My cat always gets Corri’s what that smelly thing I’m drinking is, then he snuffs my whisky and recoils and makes a hugely regretful face.
The next day he’ll do it again. I love my little dummy.
This MF has 2 water bowls and a swanky ass stainless steel cat fountain but he’ll still wade out in 40°F mud puddles for a drink.
Maybe it’s about the adventure.
My cat thinks the shower is an evil murderer out to get him specifically.
My cat would sit on the edge of the tub between the shower curtains when he was a kitten, then he fell in once and never did that again.
We had a cat that would freak out when either of us was in the shower. I think she was worried because we were getting all wet.
You forgot the toilet bowl.
My cats primary water source is her bowl, but she still feels the need to taste everything. I chase her away from puddles and stuff yelling that she has water and she just looks at me and licks her lips like “you think I give a fuck?”.
My cat even drinks tea and lemonade …
Been explained time and time again. Those are their natural instincts. They don’t like standing still water: potentially infected (reasonable in the nature), so they go for whatever is running, e.g. shower/tap as if it was a spring. They won’t drink any water placed next to their food for the same reason – in the nature it would’ve definitely be contaminated. You don’t drink from a puddle next to your decomposing yesterday’s pray.
So, a water fountain placed in a different room will solve all your issues.
I dunno about that guy posting about his cat ignoring the fountains and drinking from a puddle. The cat has an exquisite taste, what can I say.
People drink Mountain Dew, you can’t expect all cats to have good taste either
Never had that problem. Keep the water clean and filled.
I keep our cats water clean and filled and it’ll always be her last resort. She’ll go for the water from the tap or my glass every time.
Get a fountain, or otherwise, moving water - water bowl.
In the wild you should never drink stagnant water because it’ll make you sick. No matter how fresh your cats water is - it’s still standing still.
That’s my Izzy. Loves running tap water.
My dog too.
